Canopy-frame.



Rim-849.808 PATENTBDAPR.9,1907.

I. B. PALMER. v v CANOPY FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED HA3. 6 1903..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CANOPY-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed March 6, 1903. Serial No. 146,496.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Canopy-Frame, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a canopy-frame, and more particularly to thattype of frame which is intended for supporting a canopy over a bed,couch, or other place where it is desirable to shield a person fromflies and mosquitos.

The object is to provide a simple inexpensive frame which will not beliable to sag under the weight of the canopy and which will not requirethe puckering or gathering of the canopy at the top into such shape asto catch dust and foreign substances.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the frame in topplan, showing a portion of the net or canopy in position thereon; andFig. 2 is an enlarged view in detail of one of the corner portions,showing the coupling-sleeve in section.

The sides and ends of the frame consist of rods, preferably smallmetallic rods of brass, steel, or other suitable metal, the two siderods being denoted by 1 and 2 and the end rods by 3 and 4.

The opposite ends of each of the rods 1 2 3 4 are bent at an obtuseangle to the body portion and in the same plane, two of these bent ends,one of them on the rod 1 and the other on the rod 3, being indicated inFig. 2 by 5 and 6, respectively.

The sleeves for connecting the ends of the rods are denoted by 7, 8, 9,and 10. They are quite similar in their structure and are preferablymade a little longer than the combined lengths of the two bent ends 5and 6 and of such size as to receive the ends 5 and 6 within them withan easy sliding fit. These sleeves are each provided with a perforatedlug or ear 11, extending inwardly therefrom, and cords or wires leadingfrom each of the sleeves toward the center of the frame, where there isprovided a suspension-hook 12.

The wires or cords which lead from the several sleeves to thesuspension-hook 12 are secured in the perforated ear or lug 11 and mayeither be of such length as to reach from the sleeve to thesuspension-hook 12 and be secured to it or a single wire or cord mayextend from one of the sleeves to the diagonally opposite sleeveas, forexample, the wire or cord 13, extending from the sleeve 7 to the sleeve9-and another cord or wire 14 may extend continuously from the sleeve 8to the sleeve 10, the two wires or cords 13 14' being connected at thepoint where they cross by the suspension-hook 12.

The tendency will be when the suspensionhook 12is fastened to a suitablesupport overhead for the weight of the frame .to draw the sleeves 7 and9 toward each other and the sleeves 8 and 10 toward each other, thusholding the canopy-frame in assembled adjustment. There is, however,another very important advantage and one which forms the chief elementof my present invention, and that is the preventing of the rods 1 2 3 4from sagging under their own Weight or the weight of the canopy 15,suspended therefrom. This results from the bending of the adjacent ends5 and 6 of each rod at an obtuse angle to the body of the rod, therebynecessitating the torsional twist of *the body of the rod in order tosag, thus holding the rods 1 2 3 4 in a plane as stiflly as though theywere set rigidly into the corner-pieces.

The canopy 15 may be provided with a hem at its edge between the top anddepending portion through which the rods 1 2 3 4 may be passed, and thecorner-pieces or sleeves 7 8 9 10 may be first inserted through slits inthe hem into position with the lug 11 projecting through a slit insideof the hem, as shown in F ig 1, thus requiring no other attachment ofthe top of the hammock and ermitting it to rest smoothly over the top ofthe frame either below the suspension wires or cords 13 14, or it mightbe allowed to pass over these, if so desired, and the suspensionhook 12might projectthrough a small opening at the center of it.

What I claim is A cano y-frame having its sides and ends formed of rodswith their ends bent at an obtuse angle to the body, straight sleeves ateach of the corners for receiving the bent ends of the side and endpieces, the sleeves being each provided with a perforated lug or ear, aence of two Witnesses, this 23d day of Februcentral suspension deviceand cords or wires ary, 1903. leading from the said perforated lugs orears of the corner-sleeves to the central suspen- ISAAC PALMER 5 siondevice. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CHAS. M. SAUER,

my invention I have signed myname, in pres- PAUL S. CARRIER.

